✅Beginner 15: Describing Your Surroundings – My Room, My City

πŸ“˜ Beginner 15: Describing Your Surroundings – My Room, My City

Welcome to Day 15! πŸ™️ In today’s lesson, we’ll learn how to describe your room, house, neighborhood, and city in Korean. You’ll use adjectives and location expressions to tell others what your space looks like and how you feel about it!

This is a fun and practical lesson that will help you talk about your personal environment with native speakers.

πŸ“Œ Key Vocabulary for Rooms and Places

English Korean Romanization
roomλ°©bang
house집jip
living roomκ±°μ‹€geo-sil
kitchenλΆ€μ—Œbu-eok
bathroomν™”μž₯μ‹€hwa-jang-sil
neighborhood동넀dong-ne
cityλ„μ‹œdo-si
desk책상chaek-sang
bedμΉ¨λŒ€chim-dae
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πŸ“˜ Descriptive Adjectives to Use

  • μž‘λ‹€ → μž‘μ•„μš” (jak-a-yo) – small
  • 크닀 → μ»€μš” (keo-yo) – big
  • μ‘°μš©ν•˜λ‹€ → μ‘°μš©ν•΄μš” (jo-yong-hae-yo) – quiet
  • μ‹œλ„λŸ½λ‹€ → μ‹œλ„λŸ¬μ›Œμš” (si-kkeu-reo-wo-yo) – noisy
  • κΉ¨λ—ν•˜λ‹€ → κΉ¨λ—ν•΄μš” (kkae-kkeut-hae-yo) – clean
  • λ”λŸ½λ‹€ → λ”λŸ¬μ›Œμš” (deo-reo-wo-yo) – dirty
  • μ˜ˆμ˜λ‹€ → μ˜ˆλ»μš” (ye-ppeo-yo) – pretty
  • νŽΈν•˜λ‹€ → νŽΈν•΄μš” (pyeon-hae-yo) – comfortable
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πŸ“˜ Talking About Your Room

Here are some example sentences:

  • 제 방은 μž‘μ•„μš”. (je bang-eun jak-a-yo) – My room is small.
  • 책상이 μ»€μš”. (chaek-sang-i keo-yo) – The desk is big.
  • μΉ¨λŒ€λŠ” νŽΈν•΄μš”. (chim-dae-neun pyeon-hae-yo) – The bed is comfortable.
  • 방이 μ‘°μš©ν•΄μš”. (bang-i jo-yong-hae-yo) – The room is quiet.

πŸ’‘ Use 은/λŠ” for topics and 이/κ°€ for subjects depending on what you want to emphasize.

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πŸ“˜ Describing Where You Live

  • μ €λŠ” μ„œμšΈμ— μ‚΄μ•„μš”. (jeo-neun seo-ul-e sal-a-yo) – I live in Seoul.
  • 제 λ™λ„€λŠ” κΉ¨λ—ν•˜κ³  μ‘°μš©ν•΄μš”. – My neighborhood is clean and quiet.
  • λ„μ‹œκ°€ μ»€μš”. – The city is big.
  • μ—¬κΈ°λŠ” μ‹œλ„λŸ¬μ›Œμš”. – It’s noisy here.
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πŸ’¬ Real-Life Dialogue

πŸ‘¦ μ€€ν˜Έ: 집이 μ–΄λ•Œμš”? – How is your house?
πŸ‘§ μˆ˜μ§€: κΉ¨λ—ν•˜κ³  μ‘°μš©ν•΄μš”. 방도 μ»€μš”. – It’s clean and quiet. The room is also big.
πŸ‘¦ μ€€ν˜Έ: 와, μ’‹λ„€μš”! – Wow, sounds great!

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πŸ“˜ My Surroundings – Sentence Pattern Practice

  • 제 __________은/λŠ” __________ν•΄μš”.
  • 제 __________이/κ°€ __________κ³  __________ν•΄μš”.

Examples:

  • 제 방은 μž‘μ•„μš”. – My room is small.
  • 제 집은 κΉ¨λ—ν•˜κ³  νŽΈν•΄μš”. – My house is clean and comfortable.
  • 동넀가 μ‹œλ„λŸ½κ³  λ³΅μž‘ν•΄μš”. – The neighborhood is noisy and crowded.
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πŸ§ͺ Mini Quiz – Can You Describe?

  1. How do you say “My room is quiet” in Korean?
    a) 제 방은 μ‹œλ„λŸ¬μ›Œμš”
    b) 제 방은 μ‘°μš©ν•΄μš”
    c) 제 방은 νŽΈν•΄μš”
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    ✅ b) 제 방은 μ‘°μš©ν•΄μš”

  2. Translate: “The city is big.”
    a) λ„μ‹œκ°€ μž‘μ•„μš”
    b) λ„μ‹œκ°€ μ»€μš”
    c) λ„μ‹œκ°€ μ˜ˆλ»μš”
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    ✅ b) λ„μ‹œκ°€ μ»€μš”

  3. Which adjective means “comfortable”?
    a) κΉ¨λ—ν•΄μš”
    b) μ˜ˆλ»μš”
    c) νŽΈν•΄μš”
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    ✅ c) νŽΈν•΄μš”

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✅ Conclusion

🏑 Great job! Now you can describe your surroundings in Korean!

  • ✔️ Use descriptive verbs like μ‘°μš©ν•˜λ‹€, 크닀, μ˜ˆμ˜λ‹€, νŽΈν•˜λ‹€
  • ✔️ Build sentences with topic and subject markers
  • ✔️ Practice by describing your room, your house, and your city

πŸ“˜ Coming Up Next

Tomorrow: Day 16: Talking About Hobbies and Interests – I Like Music, I Play Soccer
You’ll learn how to express your hobbies, likes, and fun activities!

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